faisal2003456
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Just got the Asgard.
So this is what people mean by smooth mids.
So this is what people mean by smooth mids.
I noticed last night I had an issue with the HD600s cable. The left channel cable makes noise and the right channel doesn't when I move. I tried unplugging and then plugging back in and still had the issue. Sound doesn't cut out, but somewhere something is loose in the connector. Also to clarfiy when I mean noise, like a physical noise, not loose contact noise.
There was the same deal week ago on Adorama.
They were purchased in late December 1993 bundled with Headroom's Supreme headphone amp. This after reading the Stereophile review of Tyll's inaugural product in the December 1993 issue. Over the years I replaced the headband which cracked, went through several pairs of earpads and headband pads, and tweaked things with both HD600 grills and HD650 cables. Not bad for 22 years service!
I'd say for 22 years of service, you got more than your money's worth out of them! Just curious, do you think the drivers failed due to any fault of your own? For example did you accidentally play something on max volume? Or do you think the material just naturally degraded after all that time?
Do please come back and let us know how the HD600s compare to the HD580s.
Over the years I've had many opportunities to audition HD600 and HD650s. I found my "tweaked" HD580s to be basically indistinguishable from the early HD600s I sampled. (As an aside I also tried the foam removal under the ear cushions but preferred the stock HD580 configuration more.) I also found I preferred the HD600s to the HD650s. So honestly I don't expect there to be anything to compare save the appearance of the two models. The new ones should sound like my old pair after all the HD600 is basically a cosmetic change to the HD580 Jubilee which in turn was basically a closer matching of the HD580 drivers in a more upscale looking housing.
Recently my vintage HD580s developed what I deemed a fatal driver failure. Sennheiser showed the #091570 drivers out of stock (http://en-us.sennheiser.com/system-300r)
plus at ~$150/pr + shipping it made more sense to me to buy a new pair on sale @ $249.95 shipped from B&H (I missed the $229 and $239 deals from other suppliers earlier in Novemeber). So the HD580s have been retired.
They were purchased in late December 1993 bundled with Headroom's Supreme headphone amp. This after reading the Stereophile review of Tyll's inaugural product in the December 1993 issue. Over the years I replaced the headband which cracked, went through several pairs of earpads and headband pads, and tweaked things with both HD600 grills and HD650 cables. Not bad for 22 years service!
And as I've always found the sound exceptional from these cans, opting for new HD600s on sale just seemed the best fit for me. No gambling on other makes and models
I also did some research and decided on the Schiit Modi2/Vali USB DAC/Amp stack to obtain quailty sound from my desktop computer from both online sources and my ~600 CD collection that I'm in the process of ripping into FLAC onto a 1Tb drive for Micro SD use in a Xduoo X3.
Music to my ears as a HD580 owner (I have HD600 grills on them, also replaced headband pad and put on velour earpads on them from China), they are still going strong. I thought about "upgrading" to the HD600 when I saw them for $229 a few week ago but held off. I'll just proudly use my HD580s til they bit the dust as you did.
You've got a lot of organization to do setting metadata like artist, album, song name, track number, year, and genre. Not to mention however many of those songs have featuring artists. Hope you're doing it while listening to the HD600s!
I think most library players take care of the metadata just fine. I know iTunes does it almost flawlessly for me, when I rip CD's. I've almost never had to enter artist/track/album/year info manually, except of course for custom compilations, home recordings, etc.
Just receive my 650. Really interesting! I just found 600 sound wonderful with my tube amplifier and 650 sound wonderful with my SS amplifier. And 600 sounds bad with my SS amp. and 650 sounds bad with my tube amp.! When with each amplifier, I think 650 is a little bit better than 600. Both amplifiers are from Taobao, though both are reputed products. This two Senn. is really legend! I'll put Valhalla as my next aim to see how much potential I can dig from these two giants!
Any can recommand a great SS amplifier for 600? Thanks.
Oh, I guess some of the FLACs I download just aren't done correctly then. Oh well, just more time for you to enjoy the HD600s haha.
Hmm, maybe I'm just not too picky. I'm happy with my HD600 on my SS amp, using a Topping TP30mkII.